grichfitz Posted September 8, 2005 Posted September 8, 2005 Hello Peeps, Please help, as I have built my new Athlon 64 system, and although it works fine, I cannot get the results I was expecting. Eg. BF2 settings have to be Med or Low and Benchmark results with 3d Mark 03 clock at 7595. I was suspicious of the low results and checked with www.tomshardware.com and my results compare to a PIII. Not good! Tom's Hardware suggests that I would get a GPU benchmark result of 10591 and CPU result of 761. I get a GPU of 7595 and CPU of 161. Now the GPU is I think maxed out, the card has been OC'd and seems to be fine, Tom's Hardware was tested with a higher spec card. But I'm worried about the CPU result. For example when I'm playing BF2 my CPU is working flat out and causing the game to stutter, even at low graphic settings. Now all the BIOS setting we're set to Automatic. I tried manual, but these dont make any difference. I have increased the FSB to 220 (it wont go higher, with out hanging), I've upp'ed my CPU/FSB Freq to x12 and this has made no difference. I also changed the LDT/FSB Freq to x5. Again no difference. Please help as I think something is stopping my CPU from working correctly. I've included all my BIOS settings below. Money for a beer can be sent to the man that helps!! Many Regards, Richard BIOS SETTINGS Setting 1024x768@75 [email protected] DirectX 9.0c Graphics Driver Version 78.01 RIVATUNER – NVIDIA Geforce 6800LE AGP sideband addressing support Force On AGP fastwrites support Force On Graphics adaptor identification Geforce Use ROM straps for PCI DeviceID programming Off Active pixel/vertex units configuration Custom (16x1,6vp) Allow enabling hardware masked units On Unlock Professional capabilities Off RIVATUNER – NVIDIA Forceware Enable driver-level hardware overclocking 325/800 BIOS AGP Aperture Size (MB) 256M AGP 3.0 Speed 8X AGP Fast Write Auto AGP Sideband Address Auto CPU Thermal Throttling 50.00% Special I/O for PCI Control Disabled - Base I/O Address 0000 - I/O Length 1 Byte System BIOS cacheable Disabled BIOS – Genie settings FSB Bus Frequency 200 FSB Bus Frequency 66 Clock Spread Spectrum Disabled LDT Downstream Width Auto LDT Upstream Width Auto LDT/FSB Frequency Ratio x5 CPU/FSB Frequency Ratio x12 K8 Cool n Quiet Support Disabled CPU VID Control Auto CPU VID Special Control Auto Chip Set Voltage Control 1.60V AGP Voltage Control 1.60V DRAM Voltage Control 2.60V SATA 1/SATA 2 Control Enabled SATA 3/SATA 4 Control Enabled AC97 Audio Auto On Board 1394 Control Enabled MAC LAN (nVidia) Auto MAC Media Interface RGMII Machine MAC Address Disabled BIOS – Genie DRAM settings DRAM Frequency Set (Mhz) Auto Command Per Clock (CPC) Auto CAS Latency Control Auto RAS# to CAS# delay Auto Min RAS# active time Auto Row Precharge time Auto Row cycle time Auto Row refresh cyc time Auto Row to Row delay Auto Write recovery time Auto Write to Read Delay Auto Read to Write Delay Auto Refresh Period Auto Write CAS Latency Auto DQS Skew Control Auto DQS Skew Value 0 DRAM Drive Strength Auto Max Async Latency Auto Read Preamble Time Auto IdleCycle Limit Auto Dynamic Counter Auto R/W Queue Bypass Auto Bypass Max Auto 32 Byte Granularity Auto RESULTS 3d Mark 03 GPU 7595 CPU 163 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grichfitz Posted September 9, 2005 Posted September 9, 2005 Is there anyone out there with a Athlon 64 2800 and DFI UT nf3 250Gb motherboard who could run some benchmarks and tell me what results they get. It would be nice to compare my system with another "real" system out there. Thanks, Richard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THunDA Posted September 9, 2005 Posted September 9, 2005 CPU Thermal Throttling 50.00%...DISABLE THIS.. LDT/FSB Frequency Ratio x5.. This should be auto or 4x CPU/FSB Frequency Ratio x12.. This you can leave at auto.. A64 multi's are locked from the stock multi and up so you setting this to 12x is not really doing anything. When you run the benchies are you disabling aa,af and vsync (or setting them to app preference) ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberparasite Posted September 9, 2005 Posted September 9, 2005 low to mid-range hardware and no overclock = low to mid-range benches. if you want to compare similar setups, futuremark's orb has a very good search and compare function. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Brohanks Posted September 9, 2005 Posted September 9, 2005 I get very poor scores too. Maybe tonight I will benchmark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djjimmyswift Posted September 13, 2005 Posted September 13, 2005 I've heard something about the 6800 graphic card & the NF3 having what they call a hiccup problem.which causes graphical stalls and crap like that. Maybe this is what you're experiencing. I'm sure there are other people around here that have heard of this & could explain it in better detail than myself (I don't have a 6800 card) BF2 doesn't play to well with 1 gig ram, you will get periodic stalls. with 2 gigs everything plays great. just as a comparison, I get a 5575 in 3dmark03 & can play BF2 @ 1280x960@85hz with all settings on hi & 4xaa Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grichfitz Posted September 13, 2005 Posted September 13, 2005 Hya, Thanks djjimmyswift, not good news that theres a problem between 6800 and the nf3 DFI board, this was not my planned in my build!! Its strange as my machine clocks 7595 on 3dMark03, which is quite higher than yours, but I still have problems. I must admit my 6800LE is overclocked and I am in the process of back tracking on this and retesting Bf2, I'm hoping this may stablise it, but it should still run like yours. Thanks for letting me know this machine should run faster! If anyone else has news on this DFI nf3 and 6800 problem, please let me know. If there is proof of problems with this combo, I maybe able to get a different card and push my supplier into sorting this out. Any other help would be greatful. Thanks, Richard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugenoel Posted September 13, 2005 Posted September 13, 2005 im not having problems with my 6800 on my 250 gb.......put agp on 67...LDT on 9 .....no thermal throttling.....and check your temps....maybe that therma throttlin is getting to ya... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grichfitz Posted September 13, 2005 Posted September 13, 2005 Hya again, Thanks mugenoel, I've heard about this Thermal-Throttling, is this the CPU Thermal-throttling?? Because Thunda said to disable this, I did and it stops my computer from booting. I then end up resetting the BIOS to get everything up and running. Thanks everyone for help so far, I feel I'm getting somewhere with this now! Tah, Richard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberparasite Posted September 13, 2005 Posted September 13, 2005 update the bios. the shipping bios is broken. disable thermal throttling will result in no boot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugenoel Posted September 14, 2005 Posted September 14, 2005 yeap....update bios....to 6/23 works perfect for me.... go to beta bios from the DFI site....and about your memory give it about 2.8.....that shouldnt be a problem....just for the heads up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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